Meteorite weathering is the terrestrial alteration of a meteorite. Most meteorites date from the oldest times in the Solar System and are by far the oldest...
4 KB (469 words) - 23:47, 27 July 2024
result of weathering, erosion and redeposition. Weathering is a crucial part of the rock cycle; sedimentary rock, the product of weathered rock, covers...
42 KB (5,285 words) - 13:05, 29 October 2024
Sephton. "Weathering of Chondritic Meteorites Archived 20 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine" Heck, Philipp (12 November 2014). "Fossil Meteorites Arrive...
78 KB (8,715 words) - 21:50, 26 October 2024
much sought after by collectors. Glossary of meteoritics Meteorite classification Meteorite weathering Shock metamorphism "Some Fundamentals of Common...
4 KB (416 words) - 14:52, 27 July 2023
The Hoba (/ˈhoʊbə/ HOH-bə) meteorite is named after the farm Hoba West, where it lies, not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia...
10 KB (1,134 words) - 16:17, 1 November 2024
A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any...
163 KB (1,191 words) - 16:04, 2 October 2024
Iron meteorites, also called siderites or ferrous meteorites, are a type of meteorite that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric...
19 KB (2,264 words) - 21:25, 10 September 2024
Meteorite, officially named Willamette and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found...
20 KB (2,059 words) - 11:31, 28 September 2024
influence of in situ Martian weathering can be distinguished from terrestrial contamination in the meteorite. The Martian weathering features in Tissint are...
15 KB (1,638 words) - 01:35, 9 October 2024
other meteorite types. Among these differences were younger formation ages, a different oxygen isotopic composition, the presence of aqueous weathering products...
34 KB (3,762 words) - 21:44, 4 October 2024
Space weathering is the type of weathering that occurs to any object exposed to the harsh environment of outer space. Bodies without atmospheres (including...
13 KB (1,619 words) - 22:11, 11 September 2024
therefore could have been subject to varying amounts of weathering. Finds are distinguished from "meteorite falls", which are those which were observed during...
2 KB (116 words) - 12:49, 21 November 2023
chondrite H4 with a shock stage S2 and a weathering grade W0. Astronomy portal Glossary of meteoritics Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Buzzard Coulee "Massive...
10 KB (807 words) - 03:11, 3 September 2024
Some meteorite types are easier to find than others. Some meteorite types are degraded by weathering more quickly than others. Some meteorites, especially...
11 KB (654 words) - 04:44, 23 August 2024
2024 BX1 (redirect from Ribbeck meteorite)
is unclear if this happened partially before the meteorite impact or if it is only due to weathering. The researchers believe that the parent body of...
17 KB (1,597 words) - 18:50, 24 October 2024
Muonionalusta (category Strewn field (meteorite))
muonionalustaite, a hydrated nickel chloride, was first found as a weathering product from a meteorite sample. The name Muonionalusta is Finnish: it comes from...
10 KB (1,044 words) - 12:00, 7 October 2024
terrestrial weathering (W0). This particular meteorite fall demonstrates the proficiency of the DFN as a sample recovery tool for meteoritics. The rock...
6 KB (546 words) - 00:50, 21 September 2024
The Nantan meteorite is an iron meteorite that belongs to the IAB group and the MG (main group) subgroup. In 2000, pieces of the meteorite were included...
4 KB (276 words) - 03:17, 27 November 2023
Chondrite (redirect from Chondrite meteorite)
Geiger, T. (1995). "Meteorites for the Sahara: Find locations, shock classification, degree of weathering and pairing". Meteoritics. 30 (1): 113–122. Bibcode:1995Metic...
47 KB (5,159 words) - 16:33, 6 July 2024
Marc; Fries, Jeffrey (1 September 2010). "Doppler weather radar as a meteorite recovery tool". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 45 (9): 1476–1487. Bibcode:2010M&PS...
106 KB (12,845 words) - 21:58, 3 November 2024
Mark 4 nuclear bomb W4, complete oxidation of metal, a degree of meteorite weathering WLLZ (FM), a radio station in Detroit, USA, known as W4 from 1966...
877 bytes (178 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical...
23 KB (2,578 words) - 00:57, 14 October 2024
The Winchcombe meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that was observed entering the Earth's atmosphere as a fluorescent green fireball over...
9 KB (884 words) - 21:44, 23 June 2024
Carbonaceous chondrite (redirect from CV meteorite)
chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites. They include some of the most primitive known meteorites. The C chondrites...
30 KB (3,244 words) - 14:48, 23 May 2024
Meteor Crater (redirect from Barringer Meteorite Crater)
several earlier names, and fragments of the meteorite are officially called the Canyon Diablo Meteorite, after the adjacent Canyon Diablo. Meteor Crater...
41 KB (4,327 words) - 14:53, 21 September 2024
radio source in the Westerhout 5 nebula W5, in the classification of meteorite weathering DSC-W5, a Sony Cyber-shot camera Eutelsat W5, a telecommunications...
2 KB (277 words) - 01:15, 8 March 2023
Pallasite (redirect from Pallasite meteorite)
The pallasites are a class of stony–iron meteorite. They are relatively rare, and can be distinguished by the presence of large olivine crystal inclusions...
20 KB (2,486 words) - 21:36, 8 October 2024
The Chelyabinsk meteorite (Russian: Челябинский метеорит, Chelyabinskii meteorit) is the fragmented remains of the large Chelyabinsk meteor of 15 February...
19 KB (1,642 words) - 03:28, 26 July 2024
Winselwan meteorite is a CM-type carbonaceous chondrite found in Western Sahara in 2013. It is notable for having a low shock stage and weathering grade with...
7 KB (730 words) - 21:10, 22 September 2024
Allan Hills 84001 (redirect from Allen hills meteorite)
fragment of a Martian meteorite that was found in the Allan Hills in Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American meteorite hunters from the ANSMET...
22 KB (2,291 words) - 01:20, 28 October 2024